dihydroxyacetone

All self-tanners approved by the Food and Drug Administration use the same color-producing chemical, a substance called dihydroxyacetone (DHA) that reacts with proteins in the outermost layer of your skin to create a brownish pigment called melanoidin.

Q&A: Are sunless tanning products safe? 2009

When we later checked with the Food and Drug Administration, we learned that the main ingredient in spray-tan solutions — a color additive called dihydroxyacetone, or DHA — is approved for topical cosmetic use, but not for use in the area of the eyes or mucous membranes such as the nose and lips.

True Colors: Grading Spray-Tan Salons 2009

All self-tanners approved by the Food and Drug Administration use the same color-producing chemical, a substance called dihydroxyacetone DHA that reacts with proteins in the outermost layer of your skin to create a brownish pigment called melanoidin.

Q&A: Are sunless tanning products safe? 2009

The products still contain dihydroxyacetone, or DHA, a color additive that reacts with amino acids on the skin's surface to darken the skin.

A Sunless Suntan That Takes On Wrinkles, Too Anjali Athavaley 2011

Step back up! as she blasted me with dihydroxyacetone.

Behind That Healthy Glow Anne Kadet 2012

For those who want the look without the risk, dermatologists recommend self-tanning products containing dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as a safer alternative to real tans.

Fake Bake Debate 2008

In a surprise result, the Schiffs bases of dihydroxyacetone-P and of FDP were found to precipitate with the protein of muscle aldolase in cold acid43.

Irwin Rose - Autobiography 2005

It is suggested that ad libitum feeding conditions decrease NAD availability which also decreases metabolism of the triose phosphate glycolytic intermediates, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone-phosphate, which can spontaneously decompose into methylglyoxal MG.

The low-fat diet cascade | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

During this period Dr. James Nowick of Chemistry and I examined the mechanism of methylglyoxal synthetase (dihydroxyacetone-P - methylglyoxal) trying to understand our observation48 that the methyl group of the product was formed nonstereospecifically.

Irwin Rose - Autobiography 2005

The active ingredient in these creams is dihydroxyacetone, a dye that is absorbed into the skin and undergoes a chemical conversion that makes pigment.

THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994